Hello, I have been playing video games for nearly two decades now, but after getting a DS Lite for the first time last week, I have become quite interested in emulation
I have searched the internet quite a bit and read over these forums thoroughly, though my current understanding of emulation is still extremely basic.

I want to play DS roms and GBA roms on my DS Lite, as well as more classic consoles on my DS Lite as well, such as SNES, Genesis, etc

I have looked over the major devices mentioned here for DS, but am still unsure of myself and what to choose
Could you guys recommend which devices I should get for DS, GBA, and Classic(SNES etc) emulation all on the DS Lite? R4 seems to be a good choice for DS emulation, but I am unsure as to why

Also, any basic help would be greatly appreciated; I am at the first step in learning, and any advice at all would be of great help, such as where to find certain things online to download, basic beginner websites(which are tough to find with all the junk/spam sites out there), and other such things, whether it is posted here or sent through PM

Anyways thank you for reading, and I hope I can learn and gain a much better understanding, as I am very interested in this
Threads like these are probably repetitive and tiring here, so apologies in advance for my noobness

For genesis Picodrive is the only good one, its workable but a tad slow and no sound. There are supposedly good SNES emulators though i dont own snes games so cant help there. Lameboy and another emulator plays gb/gbc games. ScummDS is another emulator to try and supposedly there are some previously commercial games now released as freeware.

All these should work on the R4. By the way R4 and M3 simply are basically the same except use different firmware--R4 gets updates faster. CycloDS looks promising to some because of good download play features but time will tell how its software updates holds up.

For gba, youll have to buy a slot 2 card. For the largest possible storage and best gba compatibilty, the m3 products are top choice. supercard is okay but has some slowdown issues with some games. G6 is also popular but has a set amount of storage space.

Id recommend looking at the reviews for flashcarts located on this site for the feature differences.

Hello, I have been playing video games for nearly two decades now, but after getting a DS Lite for the first time last week, I have become quite interested in emulation
I have searched the internet quite a bit and read over these forums thoroughly, though my current understanding of emulation is still extremely basic.

I want to play DS roms and GBA roms on my DS Lite, as well as more classic consoles on my DS Lite as well, such as SNES, Genesis, etc

I have looked over the major devices mentioned here for DS, but am still unsure of myself and what to choose
Could you guys recommend which devices I should get for DS, GBA, and Classic(SNES etc) emulation all on the DS Lite? R4 seems to be a good choice for DS emulation, but I am unsure as to why

Also, any basic help would be greatly appreciated; I am at the first step in learning, and any advice at all would be of great help, such as where to find certain things online to download, basic beginner websites(which are tough to find with all the junk/spam sites out there), and other such things, whether it is posted here or sent through PM

Anyways thank you for reading, and I hope I can learn and gain a much better understanding, as I am very interested in this
Threads like these are probably repetitive and tiring here, so apologies in advance for my noobness

thank you

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For DS, SNES, NES, etc. emulation, an R4 is a good choice. For GBA emulation, get an EZ Flash 4 (You won't be able to use the web browser though) or a more expensive alternative would be an M3 Lite (and you will be able to use the browser)

chuckstudios got it right. these are the best emulators for those consoles...
NES------nesDS
SNES-----SNEmulDS
GENESIS-------jEnesisDS
GB/GBC-------Lameboy
i have an m3 simply with all these emulators currently on my sd card and they all work fine on it, so your r4 can definetely handle it too.